Canopy suppoet



(No Model.)

P. G. FORD.

CANOPY SUPPORT.

Patented De0.'1 6, 1884 VZEZ'Eze JseJ. 621%- KM,

Nrn TATES,

FREDERIO G. FORD, OF ROXBOROUGH, PENNSYLVANLe.

CANOPY-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,451, dated December16, 1884. Application filed May 1, 1853. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIc G. FORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roxborough, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCanopy- Supports, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its objects to provide an improved canopy andcanopy-support which will be portable and readily secured to the back ofa chair, bed, couch, or other similar article of furniture, and whichwill protect the occupant from the rays of the sun, or serve as asupportfor a mosquito-netting, and which may be, when detached, used as aparasol or umbrella, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objectsI attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved device,showing the same attached to the back of achair; Fig. 2, a view showingthe device detached from the chair, the parasol in condition to becarried in the hand,- and Fig. 3 represents the screwthreadcd socketattached to a portion of a chair or other furniture to receive the rodor staff of the canopy.

The letter A indicates a rod or staff, constructed in two parts,connected by a parasoljoint, and provided with the ordinary slidingsleeve. \V hen detached and in hand, the joint allows the carrying ofthe shade as a parasol, the said shade being placed at any convenientangle to the handle thereof, as is evident, and which device is incommon use. The staff has attached to it near the upper end a sleevehaving the usual pivot-seals for the upper ends of the folding ribs 12of the canopy 0, which are secured in the usual manner. The canopy issecured to the ribs in the same manner as the cover to a parasol orumbrella, and the ribs are attached to the flange of a sliding sleeve,D, by means of the usual rods, E, so that .the canopy may be raised orlowered after the manner of a parasol or umbrella. The canopy is heldelevated when the staff A is straightened by the usual D covering themuch as is necessary The canopy may thus spring-catch, F, the sleevejoint and stiffening it as for practical purposes.

parasol or of a section, H, by means of which the two sections may beunited at right angles to each other. The lower section may be made witha parasol-joint and provided with a sliding sleeve to facilitatetransportation. The lower end of the section H has formed on it a screw,K, which is adapted to fitintoascrew-threaded socket, L, which may beattached to the back or other portion of a chair or other article offurniture. The said socket on its outside is provided with aprojectingwasher, M, of rubber or other similar material, by means ofwhich injury to the walls of a room may be prevented.

Instead of being screw-threaded at thelower end, the lower section atsuch end may be made with ataper or bevel, and. the socket, instead ofbeing screw-threaded, may betapered internally, so as to receive andhold the end of said section. The staff or section H is provided withstaples or other suitable devices through which cords I) pass freely.One cord passes to the front outer edge of the canopy and the other tothe rear outer edge. By means of these cords the canopy may be set atany angle desired.

The cords maybe secured to the chair by tying or other easilydetachablemeans.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The combination, with an umbrella or canopy having ajointed stick, ajointed section carrying a sliding sleeve for normally covering thejoint, an elbow detachably connecting the section and theumbrella-stick, and a socket supporting the section, of the cordsattached to the front and rear outer edge of the canopy, and freelypassing through staples orsiinilar devices on the staff, the wholedevice operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERIO G. FORD. lVitnesscs:

CHAS. D. DAVIS, J. J. MCCARTHY.

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